supporters in the white house. they were telling him, using many different kinds of words, that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. those are the elements of the case the january 6th committee is building against donald trump, and today in the second installment of televised hearings, it was testimony from some of the former president s most senior advisers at the time who actually made that case, including his campaign manager, bill stepien, and the sitting attorney general of the united states at the time, bill barr. as you ll hear and this is from the other or this is the other takeaway from today s proceedings, much of what they had to say to the former president at the time and more recen
this election. frankly, we did win this election. reporter: donald trump s false claim that he won the election before all the votes were counted, a lie he continues to peddle but one the january 6th committee didn t believe, like his attorney general. he had become attached from reality if he really believes this stuff. reporter: his campaign manager. i didn t think what was happening was necessarily i remember tell being him i didn t believe the dominion allegations. what they were proposing i thought was nuts. the theory was also completely nuts. reporter: trump s assertion that he won the election is at the core of the committee s argument that he purposely and criminally worked to prevent the i told him that the claims of fraud wiere bullshit. bill stepien was supposed to testify live but when his went into labor, he bowed out. did anybody who was a part of that conversation disagree with your message? yes. who was that? the president disagr
good evening, any fair minded person who has followed the lafayette and presidency of donald j. trump knows he lies and lies a lot. what we learned today from the sworn testimony of those who worked closely with then president trump is they knew he lied just as much as we thought he did. the former president of the united states lied about nonexistent election fraud before, during and after the 2020 election. he lied despite being told again and again and again that it was not existent, that there was no widespread election fraud by the people around him, his supporters in the white house. they were telling him using many different kinds of words that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. as you ll
big rip-off. o donnell: also on capitol hill, the landmark agreement by republicans and democrats on gun legislation. targeting gay pride events. the new video tonight of those 31 men with alleged ties to a white nationalist group, arrested, piled in the back of a u-haul. extreme weather. dangerous flooding shuts down yellowstone, with more than 170 million americans set to face temperatures over 90 degrees. our exclusive interview with the first woman to serve as secretary of the army. do yo still think there s a problem with sexual assault and harassment in the u.s. army? and, jennifer hudson makes history at the 75th annual tony awards. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, many americans are worrying about their retirement funds, as stocks dropped to new lows for the year. investors be
and so much more in the xfinity app! and don t miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. let s go to you first here. get the reaction from the president, to this major development. and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members